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Windows XP in use at 'less than five per cent' of NHS trusts, claims UK defence sec

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UK DEFENCE SECRETARY Michael Fallon has claimed that "less than five per cent" of NHS trusts are using Windows XP machines, just six months after it was revealed that 90 per cent were using the defunct OS.

These are all pretty bold claims, but the boldest of all is Fallon's assertion that less than five per cent of NHS trusts continue to run Windows XP.

"We're spending around £50m on the NHS cyber systems to improve their security," Fallon said. "We have encouraged NHS trusts to reduce their exposure to the weakest system - the Windows XP - only five per cent, less than five per cent of the trusts, actually use that system any more and there is money available to strengthen their systems."

What's more, the data confirmed that 24 trusts are still not sure when they'll migrate from Windows XP to a newer version of Microsoft's OS, so it's unlikely they have managed to do so within the last six months.

14 per cent of NHS trusts said they would be transitioning to a new operating system by the end of 2016 while 29 per cent pledged to make the move sometime this year.

This list included East Sussex Healthcare, which as of September had 413 Windows XP machines in use, Sheffield's Children's hospital with 1,290, and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust in London with 10,800 Windows XP-powered PCs.

During his Marr interview, Fallon has refused to deny that Britain's nuclear submarines use Windows XP. Instead, he said the submarine's were "safe", adding that they operated "in isolation" when out on patrol.